Pence planning visit to Kansas to help boost Kobach, Watkins

Associated Press

photo by: Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, left, accompanied by Vice-Chair Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, right, speaks during the first meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

TOPEKA — Vice President Mike Pence is planning to visit Kansas next week for events to help Republicans Kris Kobach and Steve Watkins in their campaigns for governor and Congress.

Kobach’s campaign says Pence will come Oct. 18 to Wichita for an event to show his support for Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state. Kobach’s campaign said the details still are being worked out.

Watkins’ campaign announced Wednesday that Pence will have a private Oct. 19 fundraiser for the candidate’s campaign in the 2nd Congressional District of eastern Kansas. While the details still are being settled, tickets will start at $250.

Pence’s events will come less than two weeks after President Donald Trump had a rally in Topeka aimed at helping Kobach and Watkins in a state Trump carried easily in 2016.

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